I have to admit, I had some pre-conceived ideas about Kaiser Permanente Hospitals. After all, in the enlightened Westside community of Los Angeles, I though Kaiser was probably the most de-humanizing facility available. The image I, and many of my alternative friends had of the hospital, and the entire Kaiser structure, was that of a futuristic conveyer belt where patients (so many of them), where lined up, quickly checked, never listen to, processed, and finally spat out by the burocratic … more

I am a certified birth and postpartum doula, lactation educator, a certified clinical hypnotherapist, and the author of the best selling book Painless Childbirth: An Empowering Journey Through pregnancy … more